Germany, Imperial. A China Commemorative Medal For Combatants Hold embarking Southampton on October 4

embarking Southampton on October 4

Provenance: Lawson Whalley Collection 1884

The buttons secure in place a blackened leather chinstrap

fine quality massive medal

this sword features a 667 mm nickel-plated steel blade

Germany, Imperial. A China Commemorative Medal For Combatants Hold embarking Southampton on October 4(China Denkmnze fr Kmpfer). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from a correct replacement ribbon, consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a raised German national eagle grappling with a Chinese dragon, the reverse bearing a central raised monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm II, circumscribed by an inscription of DEN SIEGREICHEN STREITERN (TO THE VICTORIOUS FIGHTERS) and a date of 1900 CHINA 1901, unmarked, measuring